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the end of the tail. Bill brown, with the under mandible paler at 

 the base ; mouth yellow; legs and toes brown with the under surface 

 of the toes inclining to yellow; claws brown. Its manners, as far as 

 I had an opportunity of observing them, were so like those of the 

 golden- crested wren, that at first I mistook it for that species. It 

 was continually in motion, flitting from place to place in search of 

 insects on umbelliferous plants, and such other herbage as the bleak 

 banks of the Northumberland coast affords: such a situation could 

 not be at all suited to the habits of this species, and there can be 

 little doubt that it had arrived at the coast previous to or immediately 

 after its autumnal migrations. — J. Hancock, Newcastle- on-Tyne. 



Note. — When Mr. Gould's figure appeared in the ' Birds of Eu- 

 rope,' we expressed an opinion that this might only prove a young 

 bird of some of the other species, and we rejoice that an opportu- 

 nity has now occurred of clearing this doubt. Mr. Hancock has 

 stated to Mr. Selby that the covering of the nostrils in his specimen 

 consists of various feathers and not of a single plumulet as in the 

 other Reguli : this will afford a distinguishing mark, and will more- 

 over destroy the importance of the structure as a generic character. 

 We would recommend, however, that the nestling or first plumage 

 of the Regulus aurocapillus and ignicapillus should still be examined. 

 — Edit. 



METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR OCTOBER 1838. 



Chiswick. — Oct. 1. Hazy. 2. Cloudy : fine. 3. Fine. 4. Very fine. 5. 

 Hazy: fine. 6,7. Overcast. 8,9. Bleak and cold. 10. Cloudy. II. Cloudy 

 and fine. 12. Clear and cold : slight snow. 13. Clear: showery : frosty at 

 night. 14. Overcast : showery : frosty at night. 15, 16. Cloudy. 17, 18. p'ine. 

 19. (/vercast: clear and fine. 20- Rain: overcast. 21 — 24. Cloudy and fine. 



25. Foggy : clear at night. 26. Fine. 27. Cloudy : stormy and wet at night. 

 28. Hazy : heavy rain : violent hurricane from s.w. during the night, 29. Clear 

 and windy. 30. Fine. 31. Heavy rain. 



Boston.— Oct. 1. Cloudy. 2, 3. Fine. 4. Cloudy. 5. Fine. 6, 7. Cloudy. 

 8. Cloudy: rain p.m. 9-11. Cloudy. 12. Stormy: snow p.m. 13. Fine: 

 ice this morning one eighth of an inch thick. 14. Cloudy: rain p.m. 15. Cloudy. 

 16. Cloudy: stormy p.m. 17,18. Fine: stormy p.m. 19 — 21. Fine. 22,23. 

 Cloudy. 24, Cloudy: rain early a.m. 25. Cloudy. 26. Cloudy : rain early 

 a.m. 27. Fine: stormy with rain p.m. 28. Fine: rain p.m. 29. Stormy: 

 rain early am. 30. Fine. 31. Cloudy. 



Applegarth Manse, Dumfriesshire.— Oct. 1,2. Fine harvest days. S. Ditto, 

 but cloudy : frosty p.m. 4. 5. Very warm : frost rime. 6. Warm : not a breath 

 of wind. 7. Mild day, hut cloudy. 8. Fine harvest day. 9. Ditto, but 

 threatening rain. 10. Still lowering and threatening rain. 11. High wind : 

 slight shower. 12. Dry and cold. 13. Ditto: snow showers passing. 14. 

 Wet all day. 15. Moist and stormy. 16. Wet all day. 17. Drying day. 18. 

 Wet all day. 19. Drying again. 20. Clear and drying. 21,22. Moist: 

 showers p.m. 23. Fair a.m. : came on rain. 24. Showeiy. 25. Very wet p.m. 



26. Rivers in flood : drying p.m. 27. Showeiy all day : flood again. 28. Hoar 

 frost a.m. : fine p.m. 29. Partial showers. 30. Fine day : slight rains. 31. 

 Fair : wet afternoon. 



